Writer and editorial strategist. Former KCRW Program Director. Exploring AI, media, identity, trust, and the stories people use to understand themselves.
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NYT reports on an additional wrinkle to the Nvidia spy scandal.
They found that several of the Chinese companies that the Commerce Department approved to buy H200 Nvidia chips donāt seem to exist or have direct ties to the Chinese military.
nytimes.com/2026/11/07/businā¦
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NEW: A firm linked to Trumpās sons got nearly $40 million in federal contracts to screen for Ebola and other diseases.
XpresTest has experience conducting Covid screening in U.S. airports but has never worked with Ebola or biosecurity services abroad.
propublica.org/article/trumpā¦
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New: The Interior Department may open tens of millions of acres of public lands for AI data centers. ProPublica found Trump officials who oversee these lands stand to profit from the growth of the industry. propub.li/4irJtn8
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MY LATEST @latimes COLUMNA: What Becerraās historic win says about Latino political power in California. RT, ports!
latimes.com/california/storyā¦
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Senator Tillis (R-NC) warns Secretary Hegseth that he's coming for him in the lame duck.
TILLIS on CBS: "....But Pete Hegseth has a reckoning. Uh, he, he is one of the reasons why we don't have the funding or guarantee for defense that we need. I think after the election, we need to determine whether or not he's the best person to bring those needs to congress. If he wants something done before the end of this congress, which is only 60 days away."
The voters judged the past two years as akin to Watergate-era corruption. That should help guide the Democrats come January.
The scale of this electoral tsunami is hard to overstate. Democrats are on pace to win the House popular vote by a remarkable 13 points.
For historical perspective, itās the largest victory for either party in 50 YEARS and the biggest midterm rout since Watergate.
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I don't think Cornyn would have won either.
Ken Paxton didn't even come close. With 96 percent of the vote in, he's trailing by 1.2 million votes.
Paxton was every bit as abominably poor a candidate as his critics said; his nomination likely doomed the seat. Elon Musk and his Texas PAC could have bought every ad break on every channel for the entire year, and it wouldn't have altered the outcome.
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Gary Scottš¤ retweeted
Breaking: Google will turn off web search for schools that opt out of A.I. for kids.
nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/goā¦
The public voted against cruel, unusual, and often dumb policies, murderous military ventures, dynastic corruption, spiraling prices, rampant corporatism, and more. They are giving Democrats a chance to do something about it. They haven't won anything yet.
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This election is already seismic.
In exit polls, voters are ranking CORRUPTION as their top issue.
Thatās never happened since polling began in the 1930s.
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The voters have spoken, andĀ I want to extend my congratulations to James Talarico on his election to the U.S. Senate. I look forward to meeting him and offering my assistance with his transition as he prepares to serve TexansĀ in the U.S. Senate.
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October 2026 was the warmest October on record in Copernicus' ERA5 dataset, coming in at 1.75C above preindustrial levels.
something about the 20 percent chance you'll get wiped out by AI and you'll probably be unemployed when it happens, but worry we'll deport your friend's mom and fumble the strait of hormuz to make up for it
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Breaking: Gina Hinojosa has pulled off one of the greatest upsets in Texas political history by unseating Greg Abbott for Texas Governor.
She will be the first Democrat to occupy the Texas Governorās Mansion since the late Ann Richards in the nineties. texasmonthly.com/news-politiā¦
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This is an astoundingly devastating story.
Here is a gift link for the whole story. Absolutely horrific.
All those dead for Musk to make more money:
theatlantic.com/national-secā¦
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US approves $2.1 billion Patriot missile sale to Ukraine
reuters.com/business/aerospaā¦
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Breaking News: The Trump administration has detained dozens of Afghan immigrants in Louisiana ā including relatives of those who helped the U.S. military ā and plans to deport them to Afghanistan, according to U.S. officials. nyti.ms/4jPVvrw